News And Notes For UGA Football's Big Game Against The Tennessee Vols
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ATHENS - Dawg Post gives news and notes as Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs travel to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers.
Serious Streak In The Series As SEC Play Opens On The Road
*Georgia and Tennessee first met on the gridiron in 1899, and the Bulldogs own a 29-23-2 advantage in the history of the series. Both teams enter the contest 2-0 and ranked in the top 15.
*The Bulldogs have won the last eight meetings, which is the longest stretch of success against the Vols in school history. Georgia can match UT’s best streak in the series, which was nine straight that started in 1989 and then continued from 1992-1999.
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*The Bulldogs are 8-1 against the Vols under Kirby Smart. The lone defeat came in his first season (2016) and featured a Hail Mary for a 34-31 triumph in Athens. It marked the first home loss for Coach Smart who is 52-4 at home in his tenure.
*In 2024, No. 12 Georgia erased an early 10-0 deficit to post a 31-17 victory over the No. 7 Vols. At halftime, the game was tied at 17 as the Bulldog defense would post a second half shutout. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs would tally two more score as the Vols yielded more than 18 points in a game for the first time that year. Georgia’s TD drives covered 75, 84, 87 and a season-long 92 yards.
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Simply The Best (Since 2021)
Georgia owns the best record in the FBS since 2021 at 55-5. This run includes back-to-back CFP national titles (2021-22) and two SEC titles (2022 & 2024).
Georgia and Ohio State are the only FBS schools to win 11+ games in each of the past four seasons.
1. GEORGIA 55-5
2. Ohio State 49-8
3. Michigan 49-9
4. Oregon 47-10
ESPN College GameDay On Site
The GameDay crew will be in Knoxville for Saturday’s tilt. Georgia is 20-18 when the ESPN show is on site including 4-6 in road games. Last year, the crew watched the Bulldogs upset No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin, beat No.
7 Tennessee 31-17 in Athens and the No. 2 Longhorns again (22-19 OT) for the SEC title in Atlanta.
Georgia In The Polls This Week
*The Bulldogs (2-0, 0-0 SEC) check in at No. 6 in the Associated Press top 25 poll, No. 3 in the Coaches top 25 poll and No. 4 in the FWAA-NFF Super 16 poll.
Other Notes:
Fifty-four percent of Georgia’s roster is made of players in their first or second seasons in Athens, and they have displayed youthful exuberance throughout spring, fall camp and now in season.
*In the opener, the Bulldogs tallied 488 yards of total offense and led 45-0 until the Thundering Herd scored with 10:27 remaining in the contest. Against Austin Peay, Georgia leaned on its ground game for 190 yards on 40 carries with four scores in a 28-6 victory. Redshirt junior quarterback Gunner Stockton provided four scores, two through the air and two on the ground in the season-opening win over Marshall.
Against Austin Peay, he posted career-highs in completions and attempts (26-for-34) but did not have a passing or rushing TD in a 28-6 win.
A total of 22 true freshmen Bulldogs (most in the Smart era) made their debut against Marshall and two drew a starting assignment, Ethan Barbour (Bar-bore), one of two tight ends, and Juan Gaston Jr., at right guard. Under Smart, only 13 true freshmen have started a season opener. Unfortunately,
Gaston injured his ankle late in the first quarter of the opener and did not return and then missed the Austin Peay game while Barbour missed the second half against Austin Peay with an ankle injury.
